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TIL Morgan Freeman was on a children’s show in the ‘70’s.

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OGY0e TIL In France it was illegal for women to wear trousers until 2013
y4MX TIL that Oliver Cromwell was exhumed 3 years after his death so they could put him on trial for treason and execute his corpse.
rReGx TIL that Diegetic music in a film or TV programme is part of the action and can be heard by the characters (car radio, night-club scene...), rather than being just for the people watching to hear, which is called non-diegetic sounds.
neAaW TIL “Superfecundation”. It is when two or more eggs from the same cycle are fertilized by sperm from different acts of sexual intercourse. This can lead to twin babies with separate biological fathers. It’s rare in humans, but common in cats and dogs.
KYrJ9 TIL in 1906 con man Wilhelm Voigt posed as a Prussian military officer and took a group of troops by train to the town of Köpenick, arresting the mayor and stealing 4000 German marks. He was viewed as a folk hero and the Kaiser later pardoned him. A statue of him stands outside the city hall.